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- GLC#
- GLC02172.76-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- November 3, 1863
- Author/Creator
- Porter, Charles F., fl. 1861-1865
- Title
- to Brother Henry
- Place Written
- Washington Park Hospital, Tennessee
- Pagination
- 4 p. : envelope Height: 12.3 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
They had to stay in the barracks for a while and were not allowed to do much. However through the help of some friends they managed to get out every night. Theyw ere treated as straglers or deserters. He is sorry to hear his brother is drafted.
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